Mousumi Nayak v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge order (Chittaranjan Dash J.), High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, CRLMP No.274 of 2025, dated 13.08.2025, disposed of. Subject: direction to IIC, Purushottampur Police Station to register written complaint of 05.02.2025 (Annexure-1) and conduct investigation; police inquiry reported through written instruction taken on record; no further direction passed; petitioner pointed to jurisdictional magistrate as alternative remedy. Keywords: FIR/complaint registration, refusal to act on complaint, police inquiry, Odisha, CRLMP disposal.
What did the court decide?
In view of the written instruction of the IIC, Purushottam PS (recording the inquiry undertaken) having been submitted by State counsel and taken on record, no further direction is required to be passed by this Court. ¶17